Our TESOL / TEFL Course Coaches
Brandon Thomas
Brandon received his BA in Global Studies in 2005 from University of California, Santa Barbara and received his TEFL certificate that same summer from Santa Barbara City College where he studied under ESL mentor and guru Lou Spaventa.
Since then Brandon has taught at home and abroad, across 3 continent combining a passion for teaching with a passion for traveling and meeting new people. His experience is rich in flavor and broad in nature: he’s tutored, taught, and developed curriculum for half a dozen schools, and as a private consultant.
He currently leads courses in San Francisco where he recently moved to pursue an MA in International Relations at San Francisco State University. He speaks Italian, French, Spanish and Turkish, and enjoys irregular past participles, TOEFL prep books, and non-identifying adjective clauses.
3 years as ESL Instructor at Kaplan Int’l Colleges, San Francisco,CA
1 year as Italian Instructor at Montessori Middle School, Santa Barbara,CA
1 year as ESL Instructor at EF Language School, Santa Barbara,CA
1 year as Native English Teacher at Wall Street Institute, Istanbul, Turkey
Various tutoring and private ESL gigs in Berlin, Milan, Marrakesh, etc.
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